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Social Development – A Multidimensional Approach To Social Development Analysis. Country Level Evidence for Year 2011
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147310
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Africa’s Burden: Labour Markets, Natural Resources and the FDI ‘Reliance-Rejection’ Paradox
de Mauro, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural Adjustment Programmes. Since the 1980s, international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259898
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Manufacturing firms in Africa: Some stylized facts about wages and productivity
Clarke, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Why have so few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa been successful in export-oriented manufacturing? This paper uses firm-level data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys to discuss this. The paper shows that although firms in most African countries are relatively unproductive, they are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422089
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Firm Registration and Bribes: Results from a Microenterprise Survey in Africa
Clarke, George R.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
of 4,801 microenterprises in Zambia, this paper looks at whether corruption is a more or less serious problem for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148036
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Financial sector reforms and monetary policy reforms in Zambia
Simatele, Munacinga C H - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
Zambia. Chapter 1 briefly outlines the theoretical foundations for the reforms undertaken in Zambia since the mid 1980s and … monetary transmission mechanism in Zambia. Vector auto -regressions are estimated for the pre-reform and post-reform periods … stabilisation policy in Zambia is underscored by the results obtained in chapters 2 and 3. In this paper, we pursue this idea by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685153
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Declining economy in Zambia and its impact in food security
Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Zambia is a landlocked country located in southern central Africa and it is one of the poorest countries in the world … Zambia and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. The rural transportation network is largely undeveloped and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109672
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Inflation and Economic Growth in Zambia: A Threshold Autoregressive (TAR) Econometric Approach
Phiri, Andrew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
economic growth in Zambia can be stimulated even in a moderately high inflation environment. Particularly, the causality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112178
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Response to “PEPFAR Program Expenditures” [Form Number: DS-4213, OMB Control Number: 1405-0208] – Third Revision
Douglas, J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This response document will briefly address concerns about the ethical, legal and methodological flaws with past research informing aspects of present PEPFAR program areas; concerns about adverse consequences of PEPFAR program areas; and concerns about the absence of oversight of the activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258219
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Inclusive Growth Through Creation of Human and Social Capital
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper analyses inclusive growth that focuses on the creation of opportunities for all. Inclusive growth allows people to contribute to and benefit from economic growth, while pro-poor growth approaches focusing on welfare of the poor only to reduce inequality. Recently, economics literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271694
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Comment on "Multinational Firms and Backward Linkages" by Ping Lin and Kamal Saggi
Keane, Michael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
I highlight some of the key econometric problems facing the literature on FDI spillovers. For the most part, the existing literature takes the approach of estimating production functions in which the total factor productivity (TFP) of the domestic firms in a particular industry/country is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011250912